Re: FAT32 limit
From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 09/18/04
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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:36:03 -0600
Matrix wrote:
> What is the FAT32 format limit in size?
>
> I have a 160GB HDD and I have Devided it some as 50GB and
> some as 10GB drives.
> My windows let me format the 10GB Drives as FAT32 and
> NTFS,
> but the 50GB drives I can format only as NTFS.
>
> I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2.
> What can be the cause that I can't format the 50GB with
> the FAT32 format?
By design, WinXP cannot create and format a new partition greater
than 32 Gb. This is because NTFS is the superior file system, and not
nearly as wasteful of drive space. (If you make a FAT32 partition
larger than 8 Gb, you're "throwing away" significant amounts of
storage capacity. However, the OS has no problems being installed upon
or otherwise using FAT32 a partition larger than 32 GB, as long as
that partition has been created/formatted by another OS, such as
Win98.
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